I am killing myself trying to figure out how to load and external movie (swf) file and get it to go to a specific frame label or number. Can this be done? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!...more >>

I have 4 different books open on my desk right now, but I think I need a real live person to help me understand this (probably) simple issue? My .swf will be the Index page for a site that someone else is building. The buttons in my Flash movie need to navigate to .php files/inside pages, ...more >>

Using: Flash MX Pro 2004 Compiling as: ActionScript 2.0 and Flash player 7 Trying to access my input variables. Not passing the values to the sender var. The "my tester" is sent to the asp page via post with no problem. So it works, just not able to access my input values. on (rel...more >>

i have a news ticker that show images of new articles on my site. How do i use action script to wait a certain amoun of time before going to the next frame.........ex: wait about 5 seconds on everyframe ...more >>

Hi, I got a function that does some stuff, then calls another function that populates an array, and then uses that array to do some other stuff. How do I tell function 1 to wait for function 2 to complete before going on? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi there, I have a game that I am updating and trying to add new interactivity to it. In the game I have clickable images (movie clips) that spin to reveal a certain amount of prize money. There is a script which randomizes the prize amounts with the click of a button and shuffles them beh...more >>

Am I allowed to place a dynamic text field inside a button symbol? I know that I can do this by placing dynamic text inside a movie clip and treating the movie as a button, but I need to verify whether dynamic text is allowed to be embedded within a a button. When I create a test to see if I c...more >>

I have a presnetation that uses multiple flash Screens. Can I dynamically generate the Screen number (like the frame number with _currentframe on regular movies)? ...more >>

I am dumbfounded =) and I could use some help. I am trying to use the listbox and understand how to handle a change event from it. Everything I am have reviewed tells me to set a "Changehandler" with the setchangehandler property. However, my flash Mx first of all doesn't give the option i...more >>

I am dumbfounded =) and I could use some help. I am trying to use the listbox and understand how to handle a change event from it. Everything I am have reviewed tells me to set a "Changehandler" with the setchangehandler property. However, my flash Mx first of all doesn't give the option i...more >>

Hello, I'm geting this from php: vars=1@ip.pt vars=2@ip.pt vars=3@ip.pt (please note that there are 2 blank spaces betwen each email adress) How to split this so I can use each as a email link? Thanks ...more >>

Scrollpane will not work when viewing on a mac. Please see url http://www.waterscreative.com/printerusa/employment2.html If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated! Is there a way to make the border around the scrollpane transparent? Thank you Susan ...more >>

i have a strange problem .. when i say xml.hasChildNodes it returns true , but when i use xml.ChildNodes.length it gives me 0. Any ideas about why this is happening?...more >>

I need help extracting text from an xml document. I am trying to diplay that text into a text area. I can extract the information with the tags.."<txt> blah, blah, blah</txt>" but I can't get rid of the tags. How do i do this? var lvMod:XML = new XML(); lvMod.load("modules.xml"); lv...more >>

Can someone point me to any tutorials or give me any info on using typeof to build an array? For example - if I have these clips in the following path: myRootclip.mySubclip.someMC myRootclip.mySubclip.aDifferentlynamedMC myRootclip.mySubclip.anotherMC and so on and so on. How ...more >>

This is my situation... The main stage loads a blank movieclip, which contains jpegs. It's basically a photo gallery. Now, I have buttons on the stage, which act in 2 ways. 1. Each button is assigned a certain picture, so when the user clicks that button, the moviclip changes to that pictur...more >>

Hi! Hopefully somebody can help me! I have a very simple asp program to add 1 field to a database. It works when i call it from the browser, it works when i use GETURL and the file name but it does not work with LoadVariables! Flash code: //Adding code to call an ASP program to upd...more >>

I want to load a movie clip into symbol library in action script. Is there something like this? loadMovieIntoLibrary("movie.swf"); or convertMovieToSymbol("movie.swf", "symbolName"); ...more >>

I'm doing a simple math operation in flash mx, using data from user input fields. I've been using number() to convert the data from string to numerical data. But the function multiplies the input by a fraction (8.95, e.g.), and the display field drops the decimal point. So 8.95 * 2 ends up equ...more >>

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Hi everyone, I'm playing around with some small games for the upcomming Olympic games. I'm having difficulties with the angle of the javelin, in the javelin-throw disciplin. I'v got some basic projectile-code from a game i once made, but it's a long time ago, and i had help then as well ;-) ...more >>

I have a Movie Clip on the main stage (ClipX). Within ClipX's timeline there are 10 layers. On one layer is another Movie Clip (ClipZ). On another layer is a Button that I want to target ClipZ to play on a (rollOver), For some reason I cannot get it to work. I've tried: _root.ClipX.ClipZ....more >>

Has anyone seen or worked with this program? http://www.multidmedia.com/software/flashstudio/ I looked at the examples it gave and man was I impressed!...more >>

Hi there everybody, In a SWF I'm working on, I'm using an XMLSocket to communicate with a server-side app. I can send information through the SWF and it arrives as it should on the server's side, but whatever information the server sends back is not popping up in the SWF (I have it set up...more >>

I need to be able to drag a clip and simultaneously evaluate keyPress events. But when any key is pressed, the listener triggers the on(release) event in the dragged symbol, and the symbol is dropped as if the mouse button was released. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this ? Than...more >>

Question, we've been having trouble with projectors that won't perform a getURL("mailto:someaddress@someplace.com"); On Windows... Specifically XP machines that we've tested on. Is this a security issue? Is there a workaround? Thanks in advance for your help. Best, Mike Clements Cr...more >>

i have strange problems when i try to load the file "test.swf" via MovieClipLoader.loadClip() Method. Code in main.swf this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 1); var mcl = new MovieClipLoader(); mcl.loadClip("test.swf", this.holder); stop(); Code in test.swf var me=this; loa...more >>

We are trying to import a live video feed into Flash from a Sony DV camera. Have suceeded in setting up a web cam feed but have run into problems with Digital video camera . It only offers the option of microsoft DV camcorder when you get the settings menu. Its attached by a firewire. Anybody ...more >>

I need to make a flash file to be used in multiple similar pages. The problem is that I need flash to know in which page it is. Is there any way to define a variable in the html file and use it in flash? ...more >>

I'm a noob in the area of Flash Programming, so any pro's out there who could offer help on this would be greatly appreciated. I've just been experimenting with physics in action scripting, and i tried to make some nifty sliding effects for my nav bar. I looked to some of the 'Samples' in ...more >>

Is there a way to do XSLT in Flash? Thanks...more >>

I have a web with that needs a flash in the left side, text in the middle (that has to be changed easily by the costumer), and another flas animation in the right side. So i had tought in putting a html between both flash's but it's a real problem to make it look as it has to... I'm wonde...more >>

Hi, Can someone please explain why, when I extend a movie-clip, by creating a subclass, I can call the extended methods defined within the subclass only if I dynamically attach the movie clip using AttachMovie(), but if I add the mc at design time, the method defined within the subclass ar...more >>

I'm building a video slideshow in Flash MX 2004, with each slide having its own external .FLV file. When a slide's FLV file ends, the next slide and video is shown. I detect the end of the video by using the NetStream.onStatus handler; when I got a NetStream.Play.Stop followed by a NetStream.Buf...more >>

Hello, I have a Flash menu where the number of buttons is variable. Any of the 9 buttons can be turned "on" or "off" by the user via an external .txt file. All the buttons are lined up below the stage and turning a button "on" moves it to y=350 so it appears in the stage. My problem is ho...more >>

Bonjour, j'ai une animation avec une gallerie d'images (? l'horizontale) et lorsqu'on passe dessus ca deplace le movieclip a droite ou a gauche mais le probleme c'est que je n'arrive pas ? le dupliquer ou a mettre un point d'arr?t pour que le clip s'arr?te a la derni?re image a gauche et a...more >>

function LINE2(P0, P1, T) { return (((P0 + (P1 - P0) * T))); } This function is on the first frame. The movie only has one frame on the root level. The function is called in an onClipEvent(enterFrame) event. Under flash 5 it works with out any problems. As soon as i publish as version 7 AS...more >>

I have some code that shifts a movieclip around the satge with a bit of bounce and it looks "kinda kewl". However, the code was obtained from a tutorial I found when I was using flash five, flash player 5 and actionscript 1. I am now using mx2004pro and would like to know how the AS should b...more >>

Probably a really small mistake, but why doesn't trace increment? var getTime = new Date(); secondsID = setInterval(getSeconds, 1000); function getSeconds() { var myseconds; myseconds = getTime.getSeconds(); trace(myseconds); } ...more >>

I have a large list of objects, and i want to apply various properties via AS to them all. imagine if this worked: with(mc1, mc2, mc3){ _alpha=50; _x=5; } Thats exactly what I want(only the above does not work). How should I do this? nested with() statements did not work either(only ...more >>

I am trying to create a flash catalog. As such, I need to be able to pass product id numbers through a href tags to a swf. For example, a tag may look like this: <a href="index.html?id=1&prod=3"> I have read that Flash will automatically create variables for this query string (e.g., ...more >>

I'm trying to create a key combination. My current code is below. My problem is that it doesn't work. When I load it into my browser - it selects the URL and doesn't advance to Frame 5. What am I doing wrong? Rebecka ComboCtrlTab = new Object(); ComboCtrlTab.onKeyDown = function(){...more >>